Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Full reference: G. Carbonnel and A. K. Johnson. 1989. Les ostracodes paleogènes du Togo: Taxonomie, biostratigraphie, apports dans l'organisation et l'évolution du bassin. Geobios 22:409-443
Parent taxon: Trachyleberidinae according to G. Carbonnel and A. K. Johnson 1989
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aleisocythereis, Antibythocypris, Apatoleberis, Asperrissimocythere, Asymmetricythere, Basslerites, Benina, Castillocythereis, Costa, Curfsina, Cythereis, Falsobuntonia, Fissocythere, Glenocythere, Henryhowella, Hysterocythereis, Jubatocythere, Kamajcythereis, Kingmaina, Oertliella, Orthrocosta, Paracaudites, Paraplatycosta, Petalocythereis, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Sthenarocythereis, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Trachyleberis, Veenia, Woodeltia
Subtaxa: Afranticythereis attitogonensis Afranticythereis bopaensis
Type: Anticythereis bopaensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Benin (1 collection), Togo (8)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Benin (1), Togo (1)
• Paleocene of Benin (3), Togo (10)
• Cretaceous of Benin (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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